The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-12

| tension of the university by the addition OF
the College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts, and the College of Pharmacy as well,
viii be inconsderable in comparison with
their value to the State.
A remarkable case is reported from Lau-
rens county. Several weeks ago Mrs.
Clark, wife of w II. Clark, a Methodist
preacher on Tumbling Shoals circuit, was
kicked by horse. Her injuries were Sc
we're and painful, but not serious, and after
being confined TO bed for some weeks she
was able to get up and walk around. On
tuesday, however, she experienced sudden
change and new symptoms appeared. She
went to sleep that day and slept soundly
through the night In the morning she
failed to awake and her slumber continued
| long into the day, when the family became
alarmed. Three physicians were called in,
but they could do nothing TO arouse the
woman from her heavy repose. She slept
on for more than twenty-four hours, and at
last died without awakening The case has
aroused much wonder in the community,
and the doctors are unable to explain it.
At Aiken, Thursday, William Henry
| Drayton. son of Col. c. E. r. Drayton,
editor of the Recorder, and Eddie Faust, an
| apprentice in the Recorder Office, cowhided
a colored girl named Mary johnson. Young
| Drayton is a slight youth of Is years, and
| his companion is a year younger. 1t is al
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! ters were passing along the street Wednes-
day. the girl insulted them. Thursday
| morning, as she went to the well in Col.
| DraytoDs yard, the boys were in waiting,
and young Drayton piled the cowhide on
| her, but she succeeded in throwing him to
the ground, whereupon young Faust seized
the whip and piled it until she was forced
TO run. The girl is about 16 years old, but
| is large than either of the boys. There
have been several cases recently where
white children have been insulted by col
ored girls, but this is the first attempt at
retaliation.
The following table shows the apportion-
ment of representation in the House of Rep
| reSentatives of South Carolina under the
present law and under the bill now before
the Legislature: CountieS-Abbeville, pres
ent apportionment 5, new apportionment 5;
Aiken, present 4, new 3; Anderson, present
4, new 4; Barnwell, present 5, new 5; Beau
| FORT present 3, new 4 Berkeley, present 5,
/ new D, Charleston, present II, new s; Ches-
! ter, present 3, new 3; Chesterfield, present
2, new .; Clarendon, present 2, new 2; Col
Teton, present D. new 5; Darlington, present
| 4, new 4; Edgefeld, present 3, new q; Fair
field, present 3, new 3; Georgetown, present
2, new 2; Greenville, present 4, new 5;
Hampton, present 8, new 3; Horny, present
3 new ?; Kershaw, present g. new 3; Ian
caster, present 2, new 2; Laurens, present 3,
| new 4; Lexington, present ,, new 9; Marion,
present I, new a. Marlborough, present 2,
new }; Newberry, present 3, new 3; OcOnee,
| present 2, new 2; Orangeburgh, present ),
new 5; Pickens, present 2, new 2; Richland,
present s. new 4; Spartanburgh, present 4,
new 5; Sumter, present 4, new 8: Union,
present 8, new 3; Williamsburgh, present 3,
new 8; York, present 4, new 4. Totals
present l24, new 1874. The reapportionment
| bill, as passed by the House, will be consid-
cred in the Senate on Monday.
At Columbia, in the Senate, Saturday,
the bill providing beneficiary scholarship in
the Winthrop Training School for Teachers
for one young woman from each county,
passed without opposition after full de-
bate and considerable amendment. The
| annual cost of the scholarships will be
| S., 100. The bill recognizing the Depart
ment of Agriculture passed its final reading,
as did the St Pierre's Greek oyster bill
with a compromise amendment. Many
bills received a second reading, including
one to prohibit the granting of bail pending
appeal on certain criminal cases. Among
the bills introduced was one to pro-
hibit convict labor in brick yards,
and another to prevent monopolies
in the transportation of freight.
At Columbia Saturday the House was in
a killing mood and most of the business
done was in the nature of wiping objection
was the proposed constitutional amendment
| giving the Judges life tenure. This bill
| persisted without struggle, having been
| Withdrawn from the files of the House by
its author. The constitutional amendment
striking out Section 10, of Article relative
to County Commissioners, also persisted, but
| only after desperate struggle The ten
hour factory bill also persisted after a hard
struggle. The farmers next got an inning
and succeeded by a vote of 90 to Q in pass
ing bill to change the time of listing their
| crops for taxation from January l. to Au-
gust l. The rest of the session was devoted
to killing bills, among them being
tho following: A bill to define
the limits of the Congressional
districts, this being L. P. Miller's bill
to Tighten the complexion Of the BLACK dis
trictn by new deal of territory. A bill to
enable the directors of the penitentiary to
take contracts for work. This bill orig
inally proposed to allow the directors to
take contracts for any kind of work. An
amendment was offered, however, simply
giving the directors the power to purchase
or lease farm lands to be worked by the
convicts. 1t was SO loosely drawn, how
ever, that many members who are willing
to have the convictS employed in agricult-
ural pursuits voted against it, and it was
accordingly, after short discussion, showed
under. The Berkeley oyster war has come
to an end, a compromise having been finally
agreed upon. This compromise will be EN-
bodied in bill which gives to each owner
of lands bordering on st. Pierre's creek
riparian rights extending twenty yards
into the stream from mean low water mark.